Involving or Experiencing (Into): English Vocabulary List

to involve someone or something into a situation or conflict, often against their will

"Don't drag me into this."

"He tried his best to avoid the family drama, but unfortunately, he was often dragged into their arguments."

to involve someone in a discomforting or challenging situation

"Don't draw me into this."

"He was drawn into the argument even though he wanted to stay out."

to suddenly and intensely enter a particular emotional or mental state

"She fly into a rage."

"When he discovered that someone had damaged his car, he flew into a terrible rage and started shouting at everyone nearby."

to change a person or thing into another

"Make the dough into bread."

"The artist can make ordinary scrap metal into beautiful and valuable sculptures."

to unexpectedly meet someone, particularly someone familiar

"I bump into old friends downtown."

"I bumped into an old friend from high school at the grocery store yesterday and we talked for an hour."

to become involved in or associated with a particular situation, activity, or group

"I want to get into music."

"She managed to get into a prestigious university program through sheer determination and hard work."

to meet someone by chance and unexpectedly

"I run into my friend."

"You will never guess who I ran into at the grocery store yesterday after so many years."

to change and become something else

"A caterpillar turns into a butterfly."

"The tiny caterpillar will eventually turn into a beautiful butterfly after several weeks inside the chrysalis."

to become involved in something unpleasant because of carelessness or ignorance

"He walked into trouble."

"She walked into the wrong classroom by accident because the doors looked very similar."